Osteria Marco

A few years back meatballs were all the rage, spawning openings such as the Meatball Shop in New York City. The trend moved west shortly thereafter, and earlier this year Denver got its first meatball-focused eatery when Jensen Cummings opened the Slotted Spoon. This fall,...

Don't look now, but butternut squash is everywhere. The fall ingredient is stirred into risotto, painted across the plate as a purée, blended into soup, and—my favorite—lumped on top of pizza dough. Order the pizza del papa at Marco's Coal-Fired Pizza for a charred crust topped with...

Remember, back in October, when I first reported the news that chef Frank Bonanno was opening Bonanno Brothers Pizzeria? Well, the restaurant—Bonanno's first outside of Denver city limits—officially opens Saturday evening at the Vistas at Park Meadows. If you've eaten...

Chef Frank Bonanno's struggles with the Denver Department of Environmental Health over house-cured meats have been well documented. But it appears that the chef and his wife Jacqueline, who own Luca d'Italia, Mizuna, Bones, Osteria Marco, Lou's...

LoDo is awash in pizza shops: Wazee Supper Club, Osteria Marco, Wazee Wood Fire Pizza, Sauced, Brava!, Mangiamo Pronto!, and Two-Fisted Mario's are all located within a few blocks of each other. And, now there's one more: Lucky Pie Pizza & Tap House opened last week on the corner of 16th and...